2. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Chapter 10 The Rise of Christianity Chapter 10 The Rise of Christianity

3. Chapter Introduction Section 1 The First ChristiansThe First Christians Section 2 The ChristianThe Christian Church Section 3 The Spread ofThe Spread of Christian Ideas Reading Review Chapter Assessment The Rise of Christianity Click on a hyperlink to view the corresponding slides.

4. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Chapter Objectives Describe how Jesus’ life, teachings, and death led to the birth of a new religion—Christianity.  Explain how Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.  Evaluate the connections between religion and government during Christianity’s early years. The Rise of Christianity

5. Get Ready to Read Section Overview This section describes the history of Roman-Jewish interaction, as well as the birth of Christianity. The First Christians

6. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Get Ready to Read (cont.) Focusing on the Main Ideas The First Christians Roman rule of Judaea led some Jews to oppose Rome peacefully, while others rebelled.  Jesus of Nazareth preached of God’s love and forgiveness. He was eventually crucified and then reported to have risen from the dead.  Jesus’ life and a belief in his resurrection led to a new religion called Christianity.

7. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Get Ready to Read (cont.) Locating Places Jerusalem (juh·ROO·suh·luhm)  Judaea (ju·DEE·uh)  Nazareth (NA·zuh·ruhth)  Galilee (GA·luh· LEE )  Meeting People Jesus (JEE·zuhs)  Peter  Paul The First Christians

8. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Get Ready to Read (cont.) Building Your Vocabulary messiah (muh·SY·uh)  disciple (dih·SY·puhl)  parable (PAR·uh·buhl)  resurrection ( REH ·zuh·REHK·shuhn)  apostle (uh·PAH·suhl)  salvation (sal·VAY·shuhn) The First Christians

9. Get Ready to Read (cont.) Reading Strategy Summarizing Information Complete a diagram like the one on page 342 of your textbook, showing the purposes of early Christian churches. The First Christians

10. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The Jews and the Romans Jerusalem was the capital of the kingdom of Israel.  Emperor Augustus made Judah into a Roman province called Judaea in A.D. 6.  (page 343) During the 900s B.C., Israel was divided into two kingdoms: Israel and Judah.  The Zealots were Jews who rebelled against the Romans in A.D. 66 to take back their kingdom. The First Christians

11. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The Jews and the Romans (cont.) The Zealots were defeated and the temple was destroyed.  In retaliation, the Romans forced the Jews to leave Jerusalem and banned them from ever returning. (page 343) The Jews rebelled again in A.D. 132 and were defeated again.  The First Christians

12. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The Life of Jesus A messiah is a deliverer.  (pages 344–347) The Jews believed God would send a messiah to restore the kingdom.  Jesus, a Jew born in the city of Nazareth, traveled throughout Judaea preaching his ideas. The First Christians

13. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The Life of Jesus (cont.) Jesus’ message was contained in a group of sayings called the Sermon on the Mount.  Jesus believed in love and forgiveness, not simply following religious laws. The First Christians (pages 344–347)

14. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The Life of Jesus (cont.) Jesus used parables to give his message.  Parables are stories that use events from everyday life to express spiritual ideas.  Jesus’ followers believed he was the messiah the Jews had been waiting for. The First Christians (pages 344–347)

15. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The Life of Jesus (cont.) Leaders in Jerusalem charged Jesus with treason and crucified him.  Jesus’ followers believe in Jesus’ resurrection, or rising from the dead.  They founded a new religion called Christianity. The First Christians (pages 344–347)

16. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The First Christians People who accepted Jesus as the messiah were called Christians.  The Apostles were early Christian leaders who helped establish churches and spread Jesus’ word.  Peter and Paul were two of Jesus’ apostles.  (pages 348–350) Christians have different beliefs from Jews. The First Christians

17. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The First Christians (cont.) Christians believe Jesus is the Son of God who came to save people.  Christians believe people can gain salvation, or be saved from sin and allowed to enter heaven, by accepting Jesus.  Christians believe in the Trinity, or one God who exists as three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The First Christians (pages 348–350)

18. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Get Ready to Read (cont.) Constantine (KAHN·stuhn· TEEN )  Meeting People Helena (HEHL·uh·nuh)  Theodosius ( THEE ·uh·DOH·shuhs) Rome  Locating Places The Christian Church

19. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Get Ready to Read (cont.) Building Your Vocabulary persecute (PURH·sih· KYOOT )  martyr (MAHR·tuhr)  hierarchy (HY·uhr· AHR ·kee)  laity (LAY·uh·tee)  clergy (KLUHR·jee)  doctrine (DAHK·truhn)  gospel (GAHS·puhl)  pope The Christian Church

20. Get Ready to Read (cont.) Reading Strategy Organizing Information Complete a diagram like the one on page 351 of your textbook, showing reasons for the growth of Christianity. The Christian Church

21. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. A Growing Faith Christianity became popular for several reasons.  It appealed to the lower classes because it offered them hope.  Christianity spread throughout Rome.  (pages 352–354) The ideals of Christianity were similar to what the people already believed. The Christian Church

22. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. A Growing Faith (cont.) Roman officials began to feel threatened by Christians.  Also, Christianity gave people an opportunity to be part of a caring group of people.  The Romans began to persecute, or mistreat, the Christians in A.D. 64.  Martyrs are people willing to die rather than give up their beliefs. The Christian Church (pages 352–354)

23. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. A Growing Faith (cont.) The Edict of Milan in A.D. 313 gave religious freedom to all people and made Christianity legal. The Christian Church (pages 352–354)

24. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. A Growing Faith (cont.) Helena, Constantine’s mother, helped build churches in Rome and Jerusalem.  Theodosius, the emperor after Constantine, made Christianity the official religion of Rome in A.D. 392. The Christian Church (pages 352–354)

25. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The Early Church Early Christians modeled their church after the Roman Empire’s government structure.  (pages 355–356) A hierarchy is an organization with different levels of authority.  The Christian community’s hierarchy included five levels: the laity, clergy, bishops, archbishops, and patriarchs.  Church members were the laity. The Christian Church

26. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The Early Church (cont.) Church leaders were the clergy.  Later, clergy were called priests.  Several churches grouped together form a diocese, which was led by a bishop.  An archbishop was a bishop in charge of an entire region.  The five leading archbishops were known as patriarchs. The Christian Church (pages 355–356)

27. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The Early Church (cont.) Doctrine is official church teaching.  Jesus’ followers, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, left a written record of his teachings.  Each of the apostles’ works is called a gospel, and all four gospels together are part of the New Testament of the Bible. The Christian Church (pages 355–356)

28. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The Early Church (cont.) Gradually the pope claimed power over other bishops.  The Latin-speaking churches in the West that were led by the pope became the Roman Catholic Church. The pope was the bishop of Rome.  The Christian Church (pages 355–356)

29. The Spread of Christian Ideas Get Ready to Read Section Overview This section describes the relationship between church and government in the Byzantine Empire, as well as the spread of Christianity.

30. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Focusing on the Main Ideas Church and government worked closely together in the Byzantine Empire.  Christians founded new communities and spread their faith to various parts of Europe. Get Ready to Read (cont.) The Spread of Christian Ideas

31. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Locating Places Byzantine Empire (BIH·zuhn· TEEN EHM· PYR )  Britain (BRIH·tuhn)  Charlemagne (SHAHR·luh· MAYN )  Meeting People Basil (BAY·zuhl)  Ireland (EYER·luhnd)  Benedict (BEH·nuh· DIHKT ) Get Ready to Read (cont.) The Spread of Christian Ideas

32. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Cyril (SUHR·uhl)  Meeting People (cont.) Patrick  Building Your Vocabulary icon (EYE· KAHN )  iconoclast (eye·KAH·nuh· KLAST )  excommunicate ( EHK ·skuh·MYOO·nuh· KAYT ) Get Ready to Read (cont.) The Spread of Christian Ideas

33. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Building Your Vocabulary (cont.) monastery (MAH·nuh· STEHR ·ee)  missionary (MIH·shuh· NEHR ·ee)  Reading Strategy Organizing Information Create a diagram like the one on page 358 of your textbook to show the reach of Christian missionaries. schism (SIH·zuhm)  Get Ready to Read (cont.) The Spread of Christian Ideas

34. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The Byzantine Church The Greek-speaking Christians in the East developed their own form of Christianity, the Eastern Orthodox Church.  The Byzantines believed their emperor represented Jesus Christ on Earth.  (pages 359–361) The emperor appointed the patriarch of Constantinople, the leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Spread of Christian Ideas

35. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The Byzantine Church (cont.) Different parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church argued over the use of icons, or images of Jesus, Mary, the saints, or other Christian holy people.  In A.D. 726, Emperor Leo III ordered all icons removed from churches.  People who carried out the order were known as iconoclasts, or image breakers. (pages 359–361) The Spread of Christian Ideas

36. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The Byzantine Church (cont.) The Byzantines did not accept the pope’s claim that he was head of all Christian churches, including the Eastern Orthodox Church.  After stopping an invasion of Italy by the Franks, the pope named Charlemagne, a Frankish king, as Byzantine emperor.  The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church eventually excommunicated each other. (pages 359–361) The Spread of Christian Ideas

37. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. The Byzantine Church (cont.) Excommunication is a declaration that a person or group no longer belongs to the church.  The split of the two churches was known as a schism. (pages 359–361) The Spread of Christian Ideas

38. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Christian Ideas Spread Religious men called monks formed communities called monasteries.  Christianity helped people achieve order after the fall of Rome.  (pages 361–364) Religious women became nuns and formed religious communities of their own, called convents.  Paula was a widow who gave up her wealth to build churches, a hospital, and a convent in Palestine. The Spread of Christian Ideas

39. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Christian Ideas Spread (cont.) Basil was a bishop who created a list of rules for monks and nuns called the Basilian Rule.  She also helped translate the Bible into Latin.  Benedict was an Italian monk who created the Benedictine Rule, the rules for Western monks. (pages 361–364) The Spread of Christian Ideas

40. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Christian Ideas Spread (cont.) Cyril was a Byzantine missionary who created the Cyrillic alphabet, so Slavic people could read and understand the Bible.  Missionaries are people who teach their religion to those who do not believe.  Christianity spread north of the Byzantine Empire into Slavic countries and west into Britain and Ireland. (pages 361–364) The Spread of Christian Ideas

41. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Christian Ideas Spread (cont.) The Celts, who lived in Britain before the invasion of the Anglos and Saxons, fled to Ireland.  Anglos and Saxons invaded Britain and united to form the Anglo-Saxons.  Patrick was a priest who brought Christianity to Ireland. (pages 361–364) The Spread of Christian Ideas

42. Spread of Christianity A.D. 325

43. Spread of Christianity A.D. 325–1100

46. The Rise of Christianity Introduction

47. The First Christians

48. The Christian Church

49. The Spread of Christian Ideas

50. Click the speaker button to play the audio. Sermon on the Mount

51. Focus on Everyday Life Christians believed in resurrection, the idea that the body would one day reunite with the soul. For this reason, they would not allow their dead bodies to be burned, which was the Roman custom. Also, Roman law did not allow bodies to be buried aboveground. Therefore, starting in the A.D. 100s, Christians buried their dead beneath the city of Rome in a series of dark, cold, stench-filled tunnels called catacombs. Each tunnel was about 8 feet high and less than 3 feet wide. Bodies were stacked in slots along the sides of the tunnels. The catacomb walls were painted with images from the Bible or from Greek or Roman mythology. More than five million bodies were buried under Roman streets and buildings. Many of the Christians buried there were martyrs who had been killed for their beliefs. Christian Catacombs

52. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer. Connecting to the Past The did not believe in cremation and it was against the law to be buried aboveground. 1.Why did Christians bury their dead in catacombs? 2.What skills do you think would be necessary to dig and plan catacombs? You would need mathematics, engineering, physics and physical skills as well as physical strength.

53. Click the speaker button to play the audio. c. 6 B.C.–A.D. 30 Jesus of Nazareth

54. Click the speaker button to play the audio. Paul of Tarsus C. A.D. 10–65